Baby hammock



G. s. HARVEY BABY HAMMOCK April 19, 1949.

Filed Feb. 25, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR' 6200a JLZ/IRVE) Arm/MEX April 19, '1949.

' cs. s. HARVEY BABY HAMMOCK 2 Shets-Shet 2 Filed Feb. 25, 1947 INVENTOR. 6070):; .5. f/merer Patented Apr. 19 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BABY HAMMOCK Gladys S. Harvey, Pasadena, Calif.

Application February 25, 1947, Serial No. 730,803

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to a baby hammock and has for its general object to provide a device of this type of simple and economical construction. It is a further object to provide a hammock which is made with detachable end sections having therein removabl pillow members. Another object is to provide a baby hammock which is particularly designed for expansion to suit the requirements of the fast growing infant.

These and other objects will be better understood upon perusal of the following detailed description and by referring to the accompanying drawings, of which:

Fig. 1 is a general view of a baby hammock embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the hammock body as it appears before the device is assembled for use;

Fig. 3 illustrates one of the end pieces of the hammock as it appears when folded, ready for attachment to the body portion thereof;

Fig. 4 shows the end piece before folding; and

Fig. 5 is a view of a stuffed pad which is placed within the folded end piece before attachment thereof.

The body portion of the hammock consists of a sheet of fabric I, of rectangular shape, having hems 2, 3 along the side edges thereof of a size to receive straps 4, 5, by means of which the hammock may be held suspended from a suitable support in the fashion that hammocks usually are hung. The center portion of these hems is cut out and the material of the hammock body is extended laterally therefrom to provide a, pair of flaps 6, 1, which may be folded over each other to form a .belt designed to maintain the infant in position within the hammock. The means, whereby these flaps are tied together, includes an eyelet 8 which is mounted in one of the flaps near the outer edge thereof and a pair of eyelets 9 near the inner end of the other flap. A tape ll) is inserted through the eyelet 8 and tied around the edge of the flap 1 for insertion through the eyelet 9 of the other flap, when the two flaps are folded together in the manner above described.

A series of eyelets ll, l2 are placed along each 'end hem of the body for attachment thereto of a, pillow cover l5. The material of this cover is substantially circular in shape as indicated in Fig. 2, and it is preparatory to mounting on the ends of the body material folded in the center as indicated in Fig. 3. The edge of this cover material is hemmed and two rows of eyelets IE, ii are placed along this hem for registration with each other when the cover is folded. A tape I8 is thereupon laced through these eyelets and the eyelets ll, I2 of the hammock body to form the end pieces of the hammock substantially as indicated in Fig. 1. It is, however, important to note that a heavily stuffed pad I9, see Fig. 5, is placed within each cover before it is folded and laced in position therein so to make each stuffed cover serve as a pillow within each end of the hammock.

A pair of spreader bars 20, 2| are provided to maintain the hammock in proper position when it is held suspended froma support, and the tapes 4, 5 are for the purpose of such suspension inserted through perforations 23, 24 of these bars. The ends of the tapes are then tied to any suitable support, as in the case of hammocks ordinarily used.

It is an important feature of the invention that the end pillows I5 may be quickly and conveniently detached from the body portion of the hammock and the stuffed pad l9 removed from each pillow cover. When the pillows are in this manner separated, it is an easy matter to wash the fabric parts of the hammock and to store them away within very limited spaces for transportation or when no longer needed.

As best shown in Fig. 1, it is important to note that the side edges of the hammock body rise above the upper edge of the end pieces 15 and that additional perforations 23 24 are provided in the spreader bars. When the device is so constructed, it is possible to extend the tapes 4, 5 through these outer perforations of the bars and thereby to increase the width of the hammock as may be desired. In doing this, it is also important to note that the lacing of the end pillows of the hammock may be somewhat loosened in order to render the widening of the hammock more effective. Once the infant has been placed in the hammock, the flaps 6, I are folded over and laced together, as aforesaid, and the lacing of these flaps may also be more or less loosely effected in order properly to adjust the parts to the size of the infant.

I claim:

1. A baby hammock comprising, a rectangular fabric body having wide hems extending a distance from the ends thereof inwardly along the side edges thereof, the material of the fabric body between said inwardly directed hems being extended to form flaps laterally extending from the body, eyelets seated along the end-edges thereof, a pair of substantially semi-circular pillows having eyelets along the peripheral edges thereof for registration with the eyelets of the fabric body, tapes laced through the registering eyelets at each end of the hammock to tie the pillows to the body thereof, spreader bars, and tapes extending through the side hems of the body and said bars for the purpose of hammock suspension.

2. A baby hammock comprising, a rectangular fabric body having wide hems extending a distance from the ends thereof inwardly along the side edges thereof, the material of the fabric body between said inwardly directed hems being extended to form flaps laterally extending from the body, eyelets seated along the end-edges thereof, a pair of substantially semi-circular pillows having eyelets along the peripheral edges thereof for registration with the eyelets of the fabric body, tapes laced through the registering eyelets at each end of the hammock to tie thepillows to the body thereof, the said side hems rising above. the said pillows, spreader bars havmg perforations at each end thereof, and tapes extending through the side hems of the body and one of the perforations at each end of each of said bars for the purpose of hammock suspension.

3.' A baby hammock comprising, a rectangular fabric body having wide hems extending a distance from the ends thereof inwardly along the side edges thereof, the material of the fabric body between said inwardly directed hems being extended to form flaps latrally extending from the body, eyelets in said flaps, a tape fastened in'the eyelet of one flap for insertion through the eyelets of the other flap to tie the two flaps together, eyelets seated along the end edges thereof, a pair of substantially semi-circular pillows having eyelets along the peripheral edges thereof for registration with the eyelets of the fabric body, tapes laced through the registering eyelets at each end of the hammock to tie the pillows to the body thereof, spreader bars, and tapes extending through the side hems of the body and said bars for the purpose of hammock suspension.

4. A baby hammock comprising, a rectangular fabric body having wide hems extending a distance from the ends thereof inwardly along the side edges thereof, the material of the fabric body between said inwardly directed hems being extended to form flaps laterally extending from the body, eyelets seated along the end-edges thereof, a pair of substantially semi-circular pillows consisting of a stuffed pad placed within a folded cover, having eyelets along the peripheral edges thereof for registration with the eyelets of the fabric body, tapes laced through the registering eyelets at each end of the hammock to tie the pillows to the body thereof, spreader bars, and tapes extending through the side hems of the body and said bars for the purpose of hammock suspension.

GLADYS S. HARVEY.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Ford Aug. 21, 1917 Number 

